We are to praise God for who He is, but we are also to praise Him for what He has done for us. In fact the two go together, for it is in God's nature to rescue His people. We need to remember that, for sometimes we live as if God needs to be persuaded to help us. Nothing could be further from the truth, for it was God who took the initiative in sending Jesus to save us.
In this case the Lord had lifted David out of the depths and not let his enemies gloat over him. When we are in difficult circumstances we can easily believe that the things that oppose us will triumph over us, but we worship a God who will not let our enemies gloat over us.
David must have been experiencing a serious illness of some sort. He called on the Lord, and God healed him.
There are times when we are fully aware of God's blessing on our lives, and His presence with us. But there are other times when God seems to be far away. In those times we can feel dismayed. Our God is a God who turns are wailing into dancing. If we are encountering difficult times then we should declare to our souls that we will rejoice in the Lord, we should declare to our emotions that God will turn our sorrow into joy, and we should declare to the things that oppose us that they will not triumph over us.
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